Holy Journo Perk! – STK Opening Party

PR firm exec offered to take you to lunch? Publicist dying to give you their pitch? Looking to take your newsroom out to celebrate a boost in ratings? Take advantage of their company card at DC’s newest restaurant, STK.

After naming STK’s miniburger the best plate of the night at the Washington City Paper’sBest of DC Fete earlier this month, I scored myself an invitation to the opening party for this “modern steakhouse” Thursday evening. Talk about a journo perk, this party was off the hook.

Unlike most DC functions, STK had a line of more than 100 Washingtonians waiting to get in. Luckily I don’t wait – and did not wait – and was ushered in by one of The Aba Agency’s gorgeous PR mavens sporting all black and the highest of heels.

Enter – and it’s nowhere like you’ve ever seen before in DC. This place is packed, and you can just tell they have some big names in attendance.

True to its tag line, STK is “not your daddy’s steakhouse,” for sure. The restaurant is massive and uber-modern.

Surpassing the miniburger’s reign as “the best thing I’ve ever eaten,” was the tuna tartare. I really don’t know how it was so much better than others I’ve had, but it was. Also being passed around were mac-n-cheese bites, oyster shooters, shrimp cocktail, and truffle fries (also bomb).

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